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PATENT OFFICE.

PHILIP J'. SMITH, OF SAGINAW, MICHIGAN'.

JOINTER FEED MEANS.

Application led October 81, 1922. Serial No. 598,107.

To all whom it may. concern.:

Be it known that I, PHILIP J. SMITH a citizen of the United States, residing at Saginaw, county of Saginaw, State of 6 Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Jointer Feed Means, of which the following isl a specification.

This invention relates to improvements 'ointer feed means.

he objects of the invention are: First, to provide an improved construction of adjustable frame means.

Second, to provide in connection with such adjustable frame means improved feed means.

Third, to provide an improved broad chain and feed dog means in conjunction with suitable supporting means for the Ichain to insure effective o eration of the feed dogs.

Fourth, to provi e an im roved construction of chain link and fee dog combined.

Objects pertaining to details and economies of construction and operation will definitely appear from the detailed description to follow.

` I accomplish the objects of my invention by the devices and means described in the following specification. The; invention is clearly defined and ointed out in the claims.

A. structure whicii ment of my invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanyin drawin forming a part of this applicatlon, in w ich:

Fig. I is a detail perspective view of my improved jointer feed in position over a jointer planer,.taken from the receiving .end and left hand side, showing the pedal control for the feed and the lever control for the raising and lowering means.

taken on line 2-2 of Fig. III.

Fig. III is a detail longitudinal sectional view, parts being in full line elevation, taken on line 3-3 of Fig. II.

M Fig. IV is a detail horizontal sectional `view taken on line 4--4 of Fig. III.

Fig. V is a detail view of av portion of chain and feed linger, taken from the top side of the under run of the chain, the lsame being somewhat enlarged.

Fig. VI is an enlarged detail sectional view taken on line 6-6 of Fig. V, showing letlsails of construction of the feed dogs and is a preferred embodi- Fig. II is a detail sectional elevation view.

Fig. VII is adetail view of a'single chain structure. 1

Fig. VIII is a detaiiview of a slight modir icatlon of my structure, where a series of' single chains is used as distinguished from tthe broad chain in the preferred construclon. 4 Fig. IX is a detail sectional view taken on line 9 9 of Fig. VIII, showing details 0f one of the single chains and wheels. l

In the drawing similar reference numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views and the sectional views are taken looking in the direction of the little arrows at the ends of the section` lines.

Considerin vthe numbered parts of the drawing by t eir numbers, 1 is the base of with gears 15 which carry the opposite sets.

of screws 10. The gears 15 are driven b pinions 16 on shafts 17, which shafts 1 are driven by worm gear 18 driven by the worm 19 on shaft 20, which is driven by the friction pinion 21, whichpinion is oplerated by 'the driving friction disks 22 and 23 alternate] 4as thesame are adjusted by meansherea ter to be described.

The friction disks are splined to the drivtion gear25 which is splined-by collar 26 to the shaft 24 and .drives the friction disk 27, the s eed beng'regulatedby the hand screw 28 which adjusts the friction driving gear 25 alon'flr this splined shaft 24; The verti cal shaftl '29 is thus driven at any desired speed and is splined to drive the'worm gear '3.0 on the driven shaft 31, which driven shaft 31 carries a series of sprocket gears 32 which cooperate with the shaft 33 carrying the sprocket wheels 34. Tension means 330 is provided for the said shaft 33. j

A broadsprocket chain 35,'made up of a series of links 36 pivoted together on the .ing shaft 24. Theshaft 24 drives the fric- A elongated pivot 37 which are connected atv ig. Hl. The chain is held ydown in posi-v tion and not permitted to flex upwardly by the holddown shoes 45 carried on the beams 4.6, the position of the shoes being such as;

to revent the chain from bending out of fee ing position.

The drive shaft 24 ishere driven by the pulley 48 and is provided with a clutch 49 which is controlled by the cross arm pedal on a suitable rock shaft and connected to the clutch by the. connection rod 490. f

Splined hub 51 carries the friction disks 22, 23, which are controlled by the handlever 52 connected thereto by the connection 53, whereby the raising and lowering of the feed device is controlled.

rfhe operation of the improved structure will be readily understood. When the feed is thrown into gear, the sprocket, gears and shafts will be actuated and the chain 35 will be carried forward and the toothed dogsAO will engage into any lumber orblocks that are on the feed table of the planer or jointer and the same will be carried forward. The chain is prevented froml flexing by the holddown shoes 45 and the work is carried regularly and smoothly over the planer table.

ln place of the broad chains, chains which `are a single link wide' may be used, as seen in Figs. Vfl, VIII and lX, in which event the hold-down shoes are replaced by suitable hold-down guides Lllcarried by a beam 46, as seen in F 1g. VIH. The links of the chain are precisely the same as the links ofthe broad chain, and the channels are provided to prevent the single chains from sagging. The' operation is the same and each llnkis definitely and effectively supported by the hold-down and is effectivelyguided into position thereby.

Having described my invention, l desire to state that from the details shown it is clear the same is capable of considerable modification. By producing the structure in this way the links are identical and consequently lend themselves readily to manufacture. `lt is possible to makeup units' of the structure very easily by the usual machine ship methods.

aving thus described my invention, what claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is: i

vl. fn a jointer planer, the combination of a suitable frame with channel-shaped corner posts connected by suitable side and end 'meedere rails, .guideways in the said corner posts,

carried by said adjustable posts, with opposed pairs of sprocket wheels therein, a

broad sprocketv chain made up of parallel links embracing the said wheels, yielding feed y'dogs carried by the separate links of said chain and pivoted on the pintles of said chain and projecting outwardly and downwardly to engage the work on the table of the jointer planer,y suitable meansfor driving said sprocket, all coacting substantially as described for` the purpose specified.

2. ,A feed chain for a jointer planer com' prising avseries of parallel links of double bar construction, a curved feed dog journaled to the chain pintles between the side of the bars of said links and provided withv a projecting stop, and a corresponding stop on the connection between the bars at the opposite end of said link for limiting the downward movement thereof, and a spring interposed beneath the said projecting stop and the top of said feed dog to hold the same yieldingly in position, as specified.

3. A sprocket feed chain for a jointer planer comprising links having side bars connected at one end by a rigid part pro vided `with a rearward projection to form a stop and a spring abutment, a pivoted curved serrated feed dog disposed on the chain pintle between the opposite ends of said side bars, and a stop for limiting its downward movement, and a spring between the said lu and the said feed dog, coacting as specific 4. A sprocket feed chain for a jointer planer consisting of links having side bars connected at one end by a rigid part provided with a rearward projection to form astop and a spring abutment, a pivoted curved serrated feed dog disposed on the chain pintles between the opposite ends of said side bars, and a stop for limiting its downward movement, coacting as specified.

5. A sprocket feed chain or belt for a Ajointer feeder comprising a series of parallel links disposed in alternate relation with transverse pintles therethrough, each link comprisin said bars connected at one end by a rigi part provided with arearward projection to form a stop and spring abutment, pivoted curved serrated feed dogs d1sposed on the chain pintles between the opposite ends of said link side bars provided with projecting finger stops for 'limiting thelr downwardmovement, and with springs be-v tween the abutment and the said feed dogs to `hold the same yieldingly downward against said stops, coacting as specified.

6. A. sprocket feed chain or belt for a jointer feeder comprising a series of parallel links disposed in alternate relation with transverse pintles therethrough, each link comprising side bars connected at one end by amigd part provided with a rearward pro 5 jeetion to form a stop, pivoted curved serrated feed dogs disposed on the chain pintles between the opposite ends of said link side bars provided with projecting finger stops for limiting their downward movement, c0-

aoting as specified.

In witness whereof have hereunto set my hand and seal.

PHILIP .I SMITH. [L 5.] 

